Alcott, Louisa. Little Women. 1868.
Tells about the sentimental and humorous adventures of the four March sisters as they grew up in the nineteenth century.
Alexander, Lloyd. Book of Three. 1964.
Taran, would-be hero and assistant pig-keeper assembles a group of companions to rescue the oracular pig Hen Wen from the forces of evil.
Bagnold, Enid. National Velvet. 1930.
A fourteen-year-old English girl wins a horse in a raffle, trains it, and rides it in the Grand National steeplechase.
Barrie, J. M. Peter Pan. 1911.
The adventures of Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
Baum, Frank L. The Wizard of Oz. 1900.
After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz, Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to Kansas.
Bond, Michael. A Bear Called Paddington. 1958.
From the day Paddington was discovered on a railway platform in London, he was seldom far from imminent disaster... but it always seemed to turn into hilarious fun.
Brink, Carol Ryrie. Caddie Woodlawn. 1935
Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
Burnett, Frances H. A Secret Garden. 1909.
Ten-year-old Mary comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden.
Butterworth, Oliver. The Enormous Egg. 1956.
Nate's hen hatches a dinosaur egg.
Carroll, Lewis Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1865.
A little girl falls down a rabbit hole and discovers a world of nonsensical and amusing characters.
Cleary, Beverly. Henry Huggins. 1950
A small boy gets himself into a series of funny situations, that all start when he picks up a hungry straydog and carries him home on the bus in a paper shopping bag.
Collodi, Carol. The Adventures of Pinocchio. 1883.
A wooden puppet full of tricks and mischief, with a talent for getting into and out of trouble, wants more than anything else to become a real boy.
DeAngeli, Marguerite. A Door in the Wall. 1949
A crippled boy in fourteenth-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King.
DeBois, William Pene. The Twenty-One Balloons. 1947
Relates the incredible adventures of Professor William Waterman Sherman who in 1883 sets off in a balloon across the Pacific, survives the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, and is eventually picked up in the Atlantic.
Enright, Elizabeth. Gone-Away Lake. 1957.
Julian and his cousin Portia found a hidden lake and deserted houses near their new summer home.
Estes, Eleanor. The Middle Moffat. 1942
Janey, the middle Moffat, has an imagination that leads her into many difficulties.
Farley, Walter. The Black Stallion. 1941.
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
Forbes, Esther. Johnny Tremain. 1943.
After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
Gates, Doris. Blue Willow. 1940.
A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.
Graham, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. 1908.
The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.
Henry, Marguerite. Misty of Chincoteague. 1947.
Two youngsters' determination to own a Chincoteague pony is greatly increased when the Phantom and her colt are among those rounded up for the yearly auction.
Juster, Norton. The Phantom Tollbooth. 1961.
A journey through a land where Milo learns the importance of words and numbers provides a cure for his boredom.
Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories. 1902.
Short stories describing how various animals got their unique characteristics.
Lawson, Robert. Ben and Me. 1939.
Benjamin Franklin's companion, Amos the mouse, recounts how he was responsible for Franklin's inventions and discoveries.
L’Engle, Madeleine. A Wrinkle in Time. 1962
Three children set off on an interplanetary journey in an attempt to rescue their father.
Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 1950.
Four English schoolchildren find their way through the back of a wardrobe into the magic land of Narnia and assist Aslan, the golden lion, to triumph over the White Witch, who has cursed the land with eternal winter.
Lindgren, Astrid. Pippi Longstocking. 1950.
Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey--but without any parents--at the edge of a Swedish village.
Lofting, Hugh. The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle.1950.
When his colleague Long Arrow disappears, Dr. Dolittle sets off with his assistant, Tommy Stubbins, his dog, Jip, and Polynesia the parrot on an adventurous voyage over tropical seas to floating Spidermonkey Island.
Lovelace, Maud Hart. Betsy-Tacy. 1940.
After Tacy Kelly moves into the house across the street from Betsy Ray, the five-year-olds become inseparable friends.
McCloskey, Robert. Homer Price. 1943.
Six episodes in the life of Homer Price including one in which he and his pet skunk capture four bandits and another about a donut machine on the rampage.
MacDonald, Betty. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle. 1947
From her upside-down house, the eccentric Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle issues to parents her marvelous cures for such common children's diseases as Won't-Put-Away-Toys-itis, Answerbackism, and Fighter-Quarrelitis.
Milne, A. A. Winnie the Pooh. 1926.
The adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends, in which Pooh Bear uses a balloon to get honey, Piglet meets a Heffalump, and Eeyore has a birthday.
Nesbit, Edith. Five Children and It. 1902.
A series of phenomenal adventures follow when young Anthea discovers a sand-fairy who can grant wishes.
Night, Eric. Lassie Come-Home. 1940.
A collie undertakes a thousand-mile journey in order to once again meet her former master at the school gate.
Norton, Mary. The Borrowers. 1953.
The story of a family of miniature people who live in a quiet, out-of-the-way country house and who tried never to be seen by human beings
Sandburg, Carl. Rootabaga Stories. 1922
These fanciful, humorous stories tell about people and places like the White Horse Girl and the Blue Wind Boy, the Huckabuck family, Corn Fairies and the Village of Liver-and-Onions.
Saint-Exupery, Antoine de. The Little Prince. 1943.
An aviator whose plane is forced down in the Sahara Desert encounters a little prince from a small planet who relates his adventures in seeking the secret of what is important in life.
Selden, George. Cricket in Times Square. 1960.
The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.
Sewel, Anna. Black Beauty. 1877.
A horse in nineteenth-century England recounts his experiences with both good and bad masters.
Spyri, Johanna. Heidi. 1881.
A Swiss orphan is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Taylor, Sydney. All-of-A-Kind-Family. 1951.
The adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 1885.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. 1876.
Two adventure stories about a pair of mischievous boys living near the Mississippi River in the mid 1800s.
Verne, Jules. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. 1870.
Professor Arronax and his two companions, trapped aboard a fantastic submarine as prisoners of the deranged Captain Nemo, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above.
White, E. B. Charlotte's Web. 1952.
The story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur and of Wilbur's dear friend, Charlotte A. Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn.
Wiggin, Kate Douglas. Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm. 1903
Talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca goes to live with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental, with whom she spends seven difficult but rewarding years growing up.
Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods. 1932.
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
Wyss, Johann. Swiss Family Robinson. 1814.
When a Swiss couple and their four sons are shipwrecked on an isolated island, they adapt to their "New Switzerland" using many imaginative methods of farming and animal taming.